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DFW

(54,436 posts) Thu Aug 22, 2019, 03:21 AM Aug 2019

For those who believe in karma and reincarnation, I have a question for you

Which came first?

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For those who believe in karma and reincarnation, I have a question for you (Original Post) DFW Aug 2019 OP

his lizard eyes KT2000 Aug 2019 #1

The family resemblance is striking. DFW Aug 2019 #2

That's not very nice ....to the lizard 🦎 Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #3

Always liked horn toads - pazzyanne Aug 2019 #4

Unfortunately the orthodox version of reincarnation is much less satisfying Recursion Aug 2019 #5

The prospect of Trump coming back again and again is not exactly reassuring DFW Aug 2019 #9

Yup Recursion Aug 2019 #10

Certainly not the lady toad, in either scenario. meadowlander Aug 2019 #6

tRump is repulsive Scarsdale Aug 2019 #7

An insult to the noble bearded dragon. nt Codeine Aug 2019 #8

Those lizards were called "horny toads" where I grew up. Mrs. Overall Aug 2019 #11

If Karma And Reincarnation Were Real.............. ChoppinBroccoli Aug 2019 #12

KT2000

(20,586 posts)

1. his lizard eyes

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 03:42 AM

Aug 2019

really gross me out.

DFW

(54,436 posts)

2. The family resemblance is striking.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 03:49 AM

Aug 2019

I suspect a lot of common DNA.........

Thekaspervote

(32,792 posts)

3. That's not very nice ....to the lizard 🦎

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 04:05 AM

Aug 2019

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)

4. Always liked horn toads -

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 05:20 AM

Aug 2019

tRump, not so much!

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

5. Unfortunately the orthodox version of reincarnation is much less satisfying

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 05:28 AM

Aug 2019

At least according to Astika Hindu traditions, samsara (literally "wandering", usually translated "reincarnation" or "metempsychosis" ) doesn't work as a reward or punishment for your karma. Donald Trump doesn't come back as a downtrodden refugee or a worm or a grub: he comes back as exactly the same thing, over and over again, until he gets it right and his atman breaks free from the trap it's in.

DFW

(54,436 posts)

9. The prospect of Trump coming back again and again is not exactly reassuring

Reply to Recursion (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:19 AM

Aug 2019

"until he gets it right" could mean many millenia in his case, if ever.

Oh, well, at least now we know where he plot for Groundhog Day came from.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

10. Yup

Reply to DFW (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 10:37 AM

Aug 2019

at least now we know where he plot for Groundhog Day came from

There's a Puranic story that has Indra rebuking Shiva for something but Shiva is watching some ants crawling on the floor and laughs. Indra asks why he laughed, and Shiva says "there are 10,000 ants here, and I have been incarnated as each of them 10,000 times and heard this rebuke already."

Personally there's nothing more horrifying than the idea of a literal eternal existence of my consciousness...

meadowlander

(4,402 posts)

6. Certainly not the lady toad, in either scenario.

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 05:31 AM

Aug 2019

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

7. tRump is repulsive

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 06:22 AM

Aug 2019

in every way. Such a punchable face. The toad is cute, poor thing does not deserve to be compared with the vile ass of a pretend president. The toad likely has a superior brain, too.